Shawnee Mission News

A Spanish teacher at Shawnee Mission West High was named 2010 Kansas Teacher of the Year during a ceremony Saturday in Wichita.Karen Tritt was one of eight finalists for the award.

Being named a finalist for one of the top awards in the country is great. Winning it is even better.

Shawnee Mission Schools have one of the toughest conduct policies for extra curricular activities.

Ruth Bell , Prairie Village, dedicated many years of her life to school libraries in Johnson County.

The Shawnee Mission School District superintendent told parents tonight that it was time to put the controversial firing of teacher behind them and move forward.We recognize people are angry and upset, said Gene Johnson during a meeting at Mission Valley Middle School in Prairie Village.

Police in Johnson County are on the lookout for a man who enticed a teen girl into his car as she was walking to school.

Mission police said a 14-year-old beat the odds earlier this week when she made it out of stranger's care untouched.

An eighth-grade teacher said he is upset about being fired, but encouraged by the outpouring of support from students he taught.

" Students in Prairie Village say they won't give up the fight to have a popular teacher reinstated.

Eighth-grade students at Mission Valley Middle School in Prairie Village boycotted classes today and formed a picket line outside the school to protest the firing of a beloved teacher.Ryan Haraughty, a science teacher, said he was fired Monday by the Shawnee Mission Board of Education for a sexual innuendo uttered during a class.Haraughty had drawn ...

Despite hundreds of people gathering at a Shawnee Mission School Board meeting Monday, a popular teacher's firing was upheld.

Students, parents and faculty rallied for a metro teacher to keep his job. It was standing room only at Monday's Shawnee Mission School Board meeting.

Johnson County Community College officials want to put the icing on the cake in the schoola s culinary arts program, where students can learn to be chefs.

Longtime Johnson Countian and political activist Larry Winn III , Overland Park, has announced he will seek the 4th District County Commission seat being vacated by Ed Eilert .

Lee's Summit West's Liga Blyholder and Chelsey Phoebus were the top two finisher in the Class 4 girls cross country sectional at Longview Community College Saturday.

Local school districts are operating this year with fewer dollars in their budget, following four rounds of cuts from the state in 2009.

Don Lambert is a historian, an art curator and a member of the Friends of Constitution Hall.

Members of a Kansas church known for their protests are focusing on a Shawnee Mission school.

" Members of the Westboro Church held picket signs outside of Shawnee Mission North High School, while students launched a counter protest across the street.

Ken Bingman, long-time Miami County resident who lives with his wife, Mary, on their farm on the north side of Hillsdale Lake, has been tapped for another hall of fame recognition.